I don't want to call the show [ "Mary and Jane" ] a satire because it is not, but there are satirical elements.

When we were done and not picked up to series yet, they wanted us to read lots of writers. I was like, "No." Then we finally were picked up. It is hard not to start thinking of story lines. It is like doodling.

I don't want to call the show [ "Mary and Jane" ] a satire because it is not, but there are satirical elements.

It feels like a totally different MTV now.Now they have all their own original series, and people are talking about going back to music now? It's all original programming.

Two years ago it felt novel to do the East Side and then tons of other stuff have come up set in that world, but we still liked it. It felt like people are using East Side in other shows because it is cool.

I don't think we had a hard time with ["Mary and Jane"]. It is just, it was the constant management of it.

There is an episode [in "Mary and Jane"] where there is not a lot of pot smoking, but there is a giant wall of weed in their apartment.